The birds and the bees

Pop culture's evolutionary message: I'm an animal, you're an animal, wouldn't you like to be an animal too? | Nancy R. Pearcey

If you're concerned about what kids are learning about evolution in the public schools these days, wait 'til you see what they're learning outside the classroom.

In a new song by The Bloodhound Gang, teens hear a graphic description of mammalian mating-except the ones doing the mating are humans. Titled "The Bad Touch," the song punches out a refrain over and over: "You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals; So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel." The rest of the lyrics are "extremely offensive" (to quote the CD's warning sticker).

Teens seem to like the biological theme, and the CD has soared to No. 17 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart. MTV regularly airs the video, which features band members dressed as monkeys simulating sex with one another.

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